India Upfront

Tonight on India Upfront With Rahul Shivshankar, in a stunning declaration during a rally Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicts a ‘pro-incumbency wave’. Is PM Modi confidently predicting a win in 2019 because Cong conceded the fight with Rahul contesting from a safe 2nd seat & Priyanka refusing to contest against PM?
Is the PM’s assessment borne out of confidence in the performance of his government and delivery of his schemes?
By predicting the verdict of the 2019 elections is the PM pre-empting the people’s mandate?
Has the PM’s confidence grown because as the BJP says the Congress campaign has been based on a ‘fake build-up’?